Corn Earworm Trapping Collaborators Needed May 5, 2022 - From Issue: 703 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Once again this year I will be monitoring corn earworm flights throughout the state. Be sure to check the CEW trapping website for updates daily. If you produce sweetcorn or[Read More…] Article Categories: Corn Sweet Corn Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Participate in Pest Monitoring to Inform Management March 16, 2022 - From Issue: 700 By: Laura Ingwell Read More We will continue to host two trapping networks in the 2022 growing season. The historical corn earworm (Figure 1) trapping network will continue. This state-wide trapping and monitoring program for[Read More…] Article Categories: Corn Cucurbits Squash Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Calling on Indiana Vegetable Producers: Tell us more about insect management in your crops! February 17, 2022 - From Issue: 699 By: Elizabeth Long Read More Researchers at Purdue University and The College of Wooster are conducting a study to learn more about insect pest management practices used by vegetable producers in the Great Lakes and[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Pests and Pest Management – General Survey
Lookout for Tomato Pinworm: a Rare but Very Hungry Caterpillar that can Devastate Tomatoes October 20, 2021 - From Issue: 698 By: Elizabeth Long Read More Over the last few years, we’ve heard of 2 or 3 unusual cases of high tunnel tomato producers losing entire crops of their tomatoes, with plants suddenly looking brown and[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Evaluating Insect Communities on Seven Varieties of Carrots During the 2021 Growing Season September 16, 2021 - From Issue: 697 By: Emily Justus and Elizabeth Long Read More Carrots are a wonderfully diverse crop with a wide array of varieties available to growers. Within this diversity lies the potential for identifying varieties that have higher natural resistance to[Read More…] Article Categories: Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops Carrots Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Corn Earworms are Taking Flight August 12, 2021 - From Issue: 695 By: Laura Ingwell Read More After weeks of successive trap catches being empty or in the single digits, we have seen a dramatic increase in the last couple of days in the number of corn[Read More…] Article Categories: Corn Sweet Corn Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Insects Visiting CBD Hemp so Far During Summer 2021 August 11, 2021 - From Issue: 695 By: Zachary Serber and Elizabeth Long Read More This is our second year scouting CBD hemp to learn more about the insect communities occurring on these plants throughout the season and ‘who’ the potential pest insects might be![Read More…] Article Categories: Hemp Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Pests and Pest Management – General
Spotted lanternfly has been Detected in Indiana August 11, 2021 - From Issue: 695 By: Elizabeth Long Read More We were all hoping it would happen later, but unfortunately, the spotted lanternfly (SLF) (Lycorma delicatula) (Figure 1), an invasive planthopper with a piercing-sucking feeding strategy, was officially detected in[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Pests and Pest Management – General
Considerations when Selecting the Right Miticide July 15, 2021 - From Issue: 693 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Sometimes choosing the right product to manage a particular pest can be a daunting and risky task, especially when crops are close to harvest and an imposing outbreak sneaks up[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Japanese Beetles Emerging June 30, 2021 - From Issue: 692 By: John Obermeyer Read More A quick glance at my vegetable garden on Thursday, June 17, revealed a lonely Japanese beetle… I dutifully squished it! This does indicate that emergence is beginning in west central[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
